The Importance of Being Earnest

Since the dawn of civilized society, men have been attempting to persuade women into intimate relationships. Only in the last hundred years has a woman’s purity stopped being directly correlated to her value as person, and only in the last fifty years, though still stigmatized by some, have women been able to enjoy the pleasure of sex without the commitment of marriage and not have the act be a life ruining choice. While today we might attribute this to the woman’s rights movement, and rightly…

“treasure”. Apparently, my brother is a treasure the world gave to my mom. People in Korea even go to fortune tellers to get their names changed, so they can achieve a dream or have more luck in getting a job. In most literature, names are of the utmost importance in relation to the theme of the story or to convey the character. In Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë names Jane Eyre and the characters she interacts with and the places she journeys to, with the intention of disclosing a deeper meaning. …

“The Importance of Being Ernest” by Oscar Wilde reveals that living in the Victorian era is complicated due to the social norms from that time period. Furthermore, the upper and lower class represent the rupture in the Victorian era, lady Bracknell demonstrates the hypocrisy from the higher class towards the lower class and the use of the false identities represent the irony of Jack and Algernon’s way of thinking. Therefore, social convention brings challenging issues to most of the characters…

Female athletes are more likely to develop an eating disorder due to the importance of sport-specific trained body types that improve athleticism, often leading to the female athlete triad. Female athletes are more likely to develop an eating disorder compared to non-athletes. The most common eating disorders are anorexia and bulimia…

that showed great morality, despite being enemies, towards the end of the Iliad were Achilles and King Priam. After the fight, King Priam of Troy made a deal with his enemy for the return Hector’s body (Strauss.2). Not only that, but the entire interaction was one of humility, particularly for the King, as he did something very unexpected; he kissed Achilles’ hand (Manguel.7). King Priam’s actions and Achilles’ kind reaction displayed morality because despite being opposing forces Achilles…

of an intense battle to become Commander-in-Chief of one of the most powerful and influential nations on earth. As President, Clinton promises to take on the arduous task of eradicating gender inequality in America. Clinton’s campaign started in earnest back in 2007 as she kicked off her first presidential bid by stating, “I’m not just starting a campaign I’m beginning a conversation (Davisson, A. 2009, P. 75).” The Feminist conversation is as old as civilization. It is about women’s equality…

One thing I didn’t comprehend during my initial reading of The Scarlet Letter was the importance and manipulation of the narrator. “The narrator of The Scarlet Letter skillfully intermingles earnest appeals for sympathy with mocking exposure of rage, distanced as cruelty. His tolerance for human frailty, his addiction to multiple interpretations, and his veiled hints at self disgust deflect…

it causes no harm to others. For example, young women today who become pregnant before they are ready to be a mother discover themselves following the social belief in abortion. The child, while just a fetus at the time, is still alive as a human being. By having an abortion performed, the women is allowing the abortionist to harm-- to kill-- the baby growing inside her. Based off Mill’s Harm Principle, this social custom is one in which he would advocate for an individual to rebel against.…

his own life. The friendship that he struck up with Drey was earnest and began as a respectful one, but was tested many times because of his addiction. One of the tenets that Mr. Dunne could not promise his students was promoting safe schools. Generally his students did not feel safe in their classroom or on the basketball court because of his erratic behavior, outbursts, and absenteeism. His drug abuse stood in the way of truly being there for his…

In the first place, in Midnight in Paris, the plot mainly focuses on how the main character Gil Pender travels in time from his present to Paris in the 1920s and realizes the significance of being in the present moment faithfully. The plot of the film primarily follows the basic plot structure of fiction – exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution – depending on the external and internal conflicts that revolve around the lead character Gil. From the beginning part of the…